Across Industries

A list of games made by people from different industries who did not originally have game development as their main business.
Below, this is the result of the process of picking up those who have been kicked off this list and fallen into the drainage channel.

Shibamura Yuri
Self-Defense Force(maybe army?)
Incidentally, he is Japanese of Ukrainian descent.
Masuda Shoji
advertising industry
Yoshinari Ko & Yo brothers
Animator
Nagasaka Shukei
Scenario writer(Drama & Tokusatsu)
Itoi Shigesato
Copywriter
Itoh Kazunori
scenario writer(anime & tokusatsu)

Unrated

Komatsu Kazuhiko(supervision)
Cultural Anthropologist

Unrated

Horii Yuji
Freelance writer

Unrated

Okada Koji
Commercial machine designer

Unrated

Kawashima Ryuta(supervision)
Doctor of Medical Science

Unrated

Kawara Juro
Self-proclaimed Gambler(An intellectual with a degree from the University of Tokyo, a rarity for a game designer at the time.)

Unrated

Miyazaki Hidetaka
account manager(Oracle Corporation)

Unrated

Hiroi Ouji (Anime Producer)
Hisaishi Jo (Composer)

Unrated

Hiroi Ouji (Anime Producer)
Sakamoto Ryuichi (Composer)

Unrated

Takenaka Naoto
Actor, Comedian
Laughing and angry performance.

Unrated

Abiko Takemaru
Novelist(Mystery fiction)

Unrated

Sakuma Akira
Freelance writer

Unrated

Tago Akira(supervision)
Psychologist

Unrated

Hase Seishū (story supervised)
Novelist(crime novels)

Unrated

Hiroi Ouji (Anime Producer)
Akahori Satoru(Anime Screenwriter)
Tanaka Kōhei(Anime & Tokusatsu Composer)
Fujishima Kōsuke(Manga-ka)

Unrated

Oshii Mamoru
Director (Anime etc.)

3 Comments


1 year ago

I had no idea Shibamura Yuri was an ex-sdf member but it makes so much sense given how much GPM revolves around actual soldier stuff.

1 year ago

Tago Akira in Professor Layton?

1 year ago

@alessio Thank you for the suggestion! Added.


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